Rivers state deputy governor, professor Ngozi Nma Odu, on Sunday, January 4, formally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Odu’s defection came weeks after governor Siminalayi Fubara and the majority of the state and federal lawmakers from Rivers state also left the PDP for the APC, a development that had initially raised questions about her political loyalty.
Addressing stakeholders during a tour of the six zones of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni local government area on Sunday, the deputy governor confirmed that she had completed her registration formalities at Akabuka, ward 8, unit 11.
She explained that the APC’s e-registration process was ongoing, following governor Fubara’s declaration to join the party a few weeks earlier.
Odu urged residents of the area to show their support for president Bola Tinubu and governor Fubara by registering en masse with the APC.
“The move is to further strengthen the support base of president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and governor Siminalayi Fubara, noting that six zonal meetings had already been held to facilitate the actualisation of the plan,” Odu said.
“Today, I came to sensitise the people, and everywhere we went, there were large crowds who came out to receive us. They said wherever I go, they will go with me, and wherever governor Fubara and president Tinubu go, they will go.
“You can see the joy and happiness. I have touched all six zones, Egi, Omoku, Osomini, Igburu, Egbema, and Ndoni,” she added.
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